This presentation gives the a general introduction into different vegetation types found nowadays on Tenerife, but also on other Canarian and Madeiran islands. After a short explanation of the geological history of this volcanic islands you will learn about locations I visited and examples of typical plants found in every specific vegetation type. The presentation is in german, but since all botanical names are in latin, you should not have a problem understanding it.
5. Geologie
Fernández-Palacios et al. 2011
Madeira
Kanaren
Höhe /Tiefe (km)
Höhe /Tiefe
(km)
Alter (M)
Alter (M)
Fernández-Palacios and Whittaker, 2010
5Paulina Kondraskov Botanischer Zirkel Stuttgart
18. Paulina Kondraskov Botanischer Zirkel Stuttgart
Montaña Roja - 179 m
bei El Mèdano
starker Salz- und Windeinfluss
flacher und kalkreicher Boden
geringe Niederschläge
hohe Sonneneinstrahlung
Dünen-, Küstenvegetation